Ethics officials learned Trump sent hundreds of emails last year. Some advisers to President Trump feared that his daughter’s practices bore similarities to the personal email use of Hillary Clinton. Ivanka Trump said she was not familiar with some details of the rules, according to people with knowledge of her reaction.

Pelosi could lose as many as 15 Democratic votes when she stands for election as speaker on Jan. 3. One of the 16 signers, Utah’s Ben McAdams, is now trailing Rep. Mia Love (R-Utah) and might never cast a speaker vote.

The White House’s move appeared to be a concession to the network in its lawsuit against the administration. Officials had suspended the correspondent’s press pass after a contentious news conference on Nov. 7.

The designation of Matthew G. Whitaker as acting attorney general does not affect the special counsel's eligibility to lead the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, Mueller’s team said in a court filing.

In internal communication filed as part of a California case over the citizenship census question, Trump administration officials suggested the possibility of "renewed debate" over protections that keep census answers confidential.

Having worked for years as a lobbyist representing many of the very businesses he now regulates, David Bernhardt walked into the Interior Department with so many potential conflicts of interest he has to carry a small card listing them all.